Author: Alfred Benjamin King
Title of Today’s Story: Breaking all the rules
Date: 19th May 2011 (Thursday)
Website: http://thechristianbookcompany.wordpress.com/

BREAKING ALL THE RULES

Sean was the second coolest guy in high school. He was on the football team and girls admired him because he’s got game and he also had a way with words or maybe lines. He was that guy that other guys want to be, with the exception of the number one coolest guy in school, Danny.
Sean didn’t care that he was the 2nd coolest guy in school and not the 1st, until he had a misunderstanding with Danny who was also the captain of the football team.
During the period Sean and Danny stopped talking, Sean realised that Danny controlled all of his friends. Everybody falls in line with whatever the coolest kid in sight says. So life kinda sucks alot when you have a misunderstanding with the coolest kid in sight and he says alot of bad things about you.
Ever since that experience, Sean became obsessed with becoming the most popular kid in sight – He became obsessed with trying to be the Number One most popular kid in school. Being number two wasn’t going to cut it any more.
Sean discovered that one of the keys of High School coolness is to get everyone talking about you all the time. You must do something exciting all the time so people would always have something new about you to talk about.
Of all the things that Sean did, he found out that the buzz around High School about him was stronger whenever he broke the rules so Sean started breaking the rules consistently, and the more he did so, the more popular he got. He soon became more popular than Danny and it made him feel on top of the world.
Anywhere you went around High School you could hear kids begining conversations with, “Have you heard the latest thing Sean did?”
Sean was becoming a brand all by himself, and this brand was hot on everyone’s lips.
Sean was exploiting breaking the rules to achieve greater heights of coolness.
Barry, the student everyone called Jesus Freak, noticed exactly what was going on with Sean and so he talked to Sean but Sean wouldn’t listen. He told Barry that he was just a self righteous goody – two – shoes Jesus Freak who thinks he is better than everyone else.
Sean also told Barry that he shouldn’t dare ever again give him advise about his personal life otherwise he would add locking up Barry in the boot of his own car to the list of cool things he has done.
Sean got used to breaking the law but doing it carefully so he wouldn’t get into trobule with the police. One day, when he and some of his friends went out, Sean saw a ‘No Smoking’ sign and he just felt compelled that he should smoke there.
Sean bought a cigarette and went directly under the sign to get ready to start smoking. He waited till some passer-bys and High School students noticed what he was about to do.
Someone in the crowd shouted to Sean not to do what he was about to do. The guy shouted that smoking’s wasn’t allowed where he was standing and that he should obey the ‘No Smoking’ sign and he shouldn’t dare smoke there.
Sean laughed and screamed out, “Or else what?” to the guy in the crowd who warned him and was staying at a distance from him just as the rest of the crowd.
Sean took out a lighter then lit it.
The very next second, KABOOM!!!.
The whole area where Sean stood exploded. He was standing in an area beside a room where a highly explosive gas was kept. It was the reason the ‘No Smoking’ sign was there in the first place.
The whole crowd witnessed Sean’s death.
Rules exist for a reason.
Sean went out with a bang. It may not be the kind of bang that he wanted but it was a bang all the same.
The attendance at his funeral was proof of his popularity. Apparently, in spite of how tragic his last stunt to make himself attain more coolness and popularity was, he had achieved his goal of increasing his popularity. Too bad it cost him everything, namely his life.
If only Sean had listened to Barry instead of thinking he was some sick self-righteous dude like most folks think all Christians are, Sean would have been alive today not lying in a coffin covered with daises put there by many strangers his popularity had attracted.

THE END.

Q & A

1) What experience made Sean obsessed with trying to become the most popular kid in sight?
2) What did Sean discover was one of the keys to coolness in high school?
3) Do rules exist for a reason?
[a] Yes [b] No

NB: If you are having any problems with the answers, ask your parents or guardians to help out or you can always feel free to ask me your question at bookcompany@rocketmail.com I will like to hear from you. I’m a busy person but I will do all I can you reply you as soon as I can.

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PRAYER OF SALVATION:
If you’ve been touched by what you just read and you’ve never given your heart to Jesus before but now want to become a Christian, please say this prayer and mean it with all your heart.
“Oh Lord God, I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ. Your word says, ‘… whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved’ (Acts 2:21)
So now I ask Jesus to come into my heart to be the lord of my life. I receive eternal life into my spirit and according to Romans 10: 9, ‘That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved’ , Therefore I declare that I am saved; I am born – again; I am a child of God! I now have Christ dwelling in me, and greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world! (1 John 4:4). I now walk in the consciousness of my new life in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah!”

PRAYER FOR THE RETURNING BACK SLIDER (ONLY):
“Oh lord God, I ask for your mercy and forgiveness for turning my back on you. I come back to you today in total sincerity and like the parable of the prodigal son, I thank you for receiving me back with Joy and Gladness.
I confess that Jesus Christ is the lord of my life and God the father is my Daddy. Hallelujah!”

PRAYER TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT:
“Oh Father, I thank you now for making me born again. For making me your child.
I ask that you give me your Holy Spirit to live in me and with me. For your word says that you would freely give the Holy Spirit to all those who ask. I open my heart and receive, and I know by faith that you have given me your Holy Spirit. Thank you Father. In Jesus name. Amen.”

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NEVER BEFORE IN THE WORLD SINCE THE BEGINING OF TIME HAS THERE BEEN ANY ONE PERSON, ORGANISATION OR PUBLISHER THAT HAS MADE A FREE BEDTIME STORY AVALIABLE EVERY SINGLE DAY LET ALONE CHRISTIAN ONES. THE “FREE DAILY CHRISTIAN BEDTIME STORIES” IS A PIONEER THAT MAY NEVER HAVE ANY OTHER FLOWING IT’S FOOT STEPS. EVEN THE WORLD CAN’T STEP UP TO THIS. GLORY BE TO GOD.

WHAT’S “FREE DAILY CHRISTIAN BEDTIME STORIES”:
The “FREE DAILY CHRISTIAN BEDTIME STORIES” was formerly known as “KING’S DAILY BEDTIME STORIES.” It was a series of daily bedtime stories all written by Alfred Benjamin King but now it is open to any writer who is interested in writing a bedtime story to add to the daily series. The writer would receive all the credit for the writing but would not receive any money for it as the writing itself would be distributed for free around the web. It is however a good and quick way for new writers to get fame or at least acknowledgement in the industry and make it easier for them to get a publishing contract for their other works as their writings for the “FREE DAILY BEDTIME STORIES” creates a fan base for them as well as add to their portfolio.

FOR KIDS:
This story should have cost you the same price of a children’s storybook that you can get from a book shop, but I prefer you learn to save money. It is an important skill every child should learn. So put the money you would have used to buy this story into your piggee bank.

FOR PARENTS:
The “FREE DAILY CHRISTIAN BEDTIME STORIES” series is a great and the only place to get free bedtime stories every single day for your kids.
You can review them yourself before you give them to your kids to read. It’s always good to review what you kids let get into their hearts. Entertainment is a tool to build or destroy. Monitor the movies, the books, the music and other forms of entertainment your kids get in contact with.
Thankfully, the “FREE DAILY CHRISTIAN BEDTIME STORIES” is for building and not destroying your kids.

WRITE A STORY TO BE FEATURED IN THE “FREE DAILY CHRISTIAN BEDTIME STORIES”:
If you are a writer or want to be a writer and you are serious and I mean very serious about it, you can submit your story to me at bookcompany@rocketmail.com if is rejected, I would send you a mail telling you why I rejected it and you don’t have to worry about your intellectual property because I won’t steal it. It’s to my advantage that other writers are involved in the “FREE DAILY CHRISTIAN BEDTIME STORIES” and are noticed for their involvement.
However, if I accept your story I would send you an e-mail telling you what day it would appear in the “FREE DAILY CHRISTIAN BEDTIME STORIES” series. It could take up to a week or a little more. And if there are no drawings in the story, then I would drawing the illustrations and take credit for only the illustrations. You would also have to include a short “About the Author” piece that also includes your online address or blog so the readers can know more about you and also visit your site. I also need a picture of you like the one you use for friend sites so that the readers can know what you look like so you can be more popular (and so they can attach a face to your name).
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NB: Just because we make a free bedtime story available everyday doesn’t mean they are not of the best quality. Not every writer needs forever to come up with a great story.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Alfred Benjamin King is a full time writer and illustrator. He is one of the leading Christ – Minded writers in both fiction and non – fiction today.
His contribution to literature is extra ordinary. He created two new genres of literature namely, “D.I.P” and “S+C.S”
His literally works and special projects have gone spiral on the web; wheeling in an ever increasing number of views per post.
Alfred Benjamin King was the founder and General Overseer of the “Disciples of Jesus” which he has now dissolved into a concept based on divine direction.
He currently lives in the city of Port – Harcourt in Nigeria, Africa.

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